Literary Term | MCQs

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کنایہ کے لغوی معنی ہیں ڈھکی چھپی یا پوشیدہ بات۔

ادبی اصطلاح میں ایسی بات جو براہِ راست نہ کہی جائے بلکہ اشارے یا علامت سے سمجھائی جائے، کنایہ کہلاتی ہے۔

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Prosaic means بے لطف بے مزہ

Dull means پھیکا

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"The flame of the candle was moving and waving in the air," the words "moving and waving" are considered a figure of speech called personification

They attribute human-like actions (like waving) to the candle flame, an inanimate object. 

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The line "When pansies lift their eyes to mine" gives human qualities (lifting eyes) to flowers (pansies).

This is an example of personification, where non-human things are described as if they were human.

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Soul means روح/ایسی خصوصیات والا شخص

Person means شخص

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The protagonist is the main character or hero in a story, often facing challenges or conflicts.

This character typically drives the plot forward and gains the audience’s sympathy.

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• A poem of 14 lines is called a sonnet.
• It is a short lyric poem typically written in iambic pentameter.
• There are 4 primary types of sonnets: Petrarchan, Shakespearean, Spenserian and Miltonic.
• A sonnet usually consists of two parts: an eight-line section (the octet) followed by a six-line section (a sestet).

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B

ANS:

PERFIDY: بے وفائی

Treachery: خیانت

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Posthumous book means arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death

Additional Information:

Post-haste means with great speed or immediacy

Postscript means: an extra message 

Posterior means situated at the back of something

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Defenestration (n.) –

The act of throwing someone or something out of a window; metaphorically, a sudden removal from power.

Sentence:

The dictator’s brutal policies led to his defenestration, as enraged citizens stormed the palace and overthrew his rule.

Dénouement (n.) –

The final resolution or conclusion of a narrative, where conflicts are resolved.

Sentence:

The movie’s dénouement was unexpected, revealing that the protagonist had been the villain all along.